Wallpaper author:
Ken Abremski
09 Jan 2025
NGC1888
Spiral galaxy in the constellation Lepus. The disc of a galaxy, NGC1889, is interacting with it. The other edge-on galaxy to the upper left is MCG-2-14-15 (from the Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies).
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1888
7 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 80.6435 Dec -11.4995
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................01 Jan 2025 - 17 Feb 2025
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 321 | 2h30m | 28 |
| Luminance | 289 | 2h15m | 28 |
| Green | 300 | 2h20m | 28 |
| Red | 289 | 2h15m | 28 |